Semiconductors and AI: Architecting the Future
Artificial intelligence is no longer just a software story. Behind every large language model and every AI-powered breakthrough lies a physical substrate — and the race to build it is reshaping the semiconductor industry at its core. This panel brings together voices from the lab and the industry floor to examine the challenge at the heart of the AI era. How has explosive AI demand rewritten what chips need to do — and what it takes to make them? What separates an AI accelerator from everything that came before it? And what does it mean for manufacturing, supply chains, and global competition when demand outpaces the industry's ability to keep up?
From thin film deposition and nanofabrication to fab operations, equipment markets, and national semiconductor strategy, our panelists bring rare depth to questions that will define the next decade of technology. This is not a conversation about chips in the abstract — it is a conversation about the physical foundations of the AI future, and the very real challenges of building them at scale.
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- Starts 14 April 2026 04:00 AM UTC
- Ends 30 April 2026 10:00 PM UTC
- No Admission Charge
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Robert Quinn
Semiconductor Manufacturing and AI
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Robert Quinn is the Semiconductor Industry Ambassador on LinkedIn, reaching 12M+ annual impressions with 70,000+ followers and 37,000+ newsletter subscribers. With hands-on fab experience at Applied Materials, Samsung, Intel, Texas Instruments, and GlobalFoundries across ALD, PVD, and CVD processes, Robert brings a rare combination of deep technical expertise and real-world industry perspective. He is the founder of Kings Media, a boutique B2B thought leadership agency serving the semiconductor industry, and the founder of SIMEU, a nonprofit bringing hands-on semiconductor education to underserved schools via a 53-foot mobile lab. He has hosted global industry speaking events, consulted for the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Royal Family of Oman on semiconductor strategy, and has lectured at the University of Texas, Notre Dame, and Sao Paulo State University.
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- Technical presentation by Robert Quinn
- Panel discussion
- Audience Q&A